ESOL in the post-compulsory learning and skills sector: an evaluation This Ofsted survey evaluates the quality of provision of English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) offered in the post-compulsory learning and skills sector and reports on the programmes available to learners. It is the outcome of visits between September 2007 and March 2008 to 14 further education (FE) colleges, eight adult and community learning providers, five independent work-based learning providers, and one learndirect provider. In addition, the survey draws on the results of a surveyAuthor(s): No creator set

Peer- and Parent-Assisted Learning: in Reading, Writing, Spelling and Thinking Skills & in Maths, Sc These articles were originally published as part of the Spotlights series of publications for practitioners by the Scottish Council for Research in Education (SCRE). They are provided as free downloads, by Practical Research for Education (PRE), the practitioner journal of the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER). The articles offer an overview of evidence on the effectiveness of parent- or peer-assisted learning (PAL), focusing on the areas of literacy and related thinking skillsAuthor(s): No creator set

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Popular Basic IT Skills Training Courseware from Microsoft now accessible via ALISON with free group Microsoft’s Digital Literacy Curriculum is now accessible for free across the Arabic-Speaking world via ALISON’s free learning platform for individual or group learning. GALWAY, Ireland – February 24th 2009 – IT Trainers, Teachers, Tutors and HR professionals across the Arabic world welcomed today the launch on ALISON, the leading free online interactive workplace skills learning service, of Microsoft’s Digital Literacy Curriculum (Arabic). This follows the launch of the English versioAuthor(s):

Pre-Writing Skills Writers are more effective when they first develop a writing plan, such
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Listen: Mentor TennisSee connects tennis to life skills for at-risk youth Nashville inner-city youth are learning the lessons of tennis as well as life thanks to an after-school program founded by Vanderbilt University senior Jeff Berry. He is president of Mentor TennisSee, which brings at-risk children to the Brownlee O. Currey Jr. Tennis Center three times a week. In addition to learning how to play tennis, the youngsters receive free academic tutoring from Vanderbilt students. Mentor TennisSee also uses the First Serve Life Skills program as part of its instructionAuthor(s): Vanderbilt News Service

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The key skills framework This unit focuses on higher level skills. Skills development is complementary to other learning – it cannot be done in isolation. The higher level skills in this material aim to raise your awareness of the processes of learning and development – other subject-based material must supply the context and motivation for this. Key skills underpin the ability to carry out successfully, and improve on, a wide range of tasks in higher education, employment and wherever there is a continuation of leAuthor(s): The Open University

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4.3 Your communication skills This unit is for people who are thinking about making changes in their lives, such as returning to study or taking a different direction at work. It will help you build on what you already know; consider the choices open to you; use your skills and qualities to achieve change; and make plans for the future.Author(s): The Open University

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4.2 Reflecting on communication skills This unit is for people who are thinking about making changes in their lives, such as returning to study or taking a different direction at work. It will help you build on what you already know; consider the choices open to you; use your skills and qualities to achieve change; and make plans for the future.Author(s): The Open University

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3.4 Skills This unit is for people who are thinking about making changes in their lives, such as returning to study or taking a different direction at work. It will help you build on what you already know; consider the choices open to you; use your skills and qualities to achieve change; and make plans for the future.Author(s): The Open University

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Section 4: Selling your language skills All of us in our working lives increasingly need to work with people from other cultures or those whose native language is foreign, or we may have to go to another country and work as a foreigner ourselves. This unit is about how to understand differences in culture and how to make the most of existing language skills. It is aimed at all adult learners, whether in FE or in the workplace. The sections are independent, and can be studied in any order and any combination. They are linked to NVQ assAuthor(s): The Open University

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Computer Skills; Shortcuts : How to Add a Watermark to a JPEG Image Adding a watermark to a JPEG image with Gimp software will allow distribution or advertising the image without giving a high-quality copy away for free. This shows you step by step how to add the watermark. Text is displayed as Tim is speaking so notes are easily taken.Author(s): No creator set

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TSiBA-Oxford launch online study skills, Cape Town The launch of the online study skills course, Masifunde, by its development partners TSiBA and OUDCE. The course can be downloaded and used freely by other institutions. For more details visit http://masifunde.conted.ox.ac.uk/.Author(s): Kashiefah Solomons; Vuyani Cardo Tsolekile; Leigh

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TSiBA-Oxford launch online study skills, Cape Town The launch of the online study skills course, Masifunde, by its development partners TSiBA and OUDCE. The course can be downloaded and used freely by other institutions. For more details visit http://masifunde.conted.ox.ac.uk/Author(s): Kashiefah Solomons; Vuyani Cardo Tsolekile; Leigh

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Skills For Learning - Reflection Toolkit Zip file contains two flash movies:- 1. Animation of a dialogue between student and tutor reflecting on interaction in a group seminar situation. 2. Animation of potential scenario's and 'what if's ...' in a similar situtation.Author(s): Leeds Metropolitan University

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Skills for Learning - Grammar Diagnostic tool Interactive 30 question quiz with feedback for each answer. Grammar diagnostic tool (based around entry level research processes). Download this zipped file and open the file named 'academic_comm_skin.swf' - the quiz will then run from the start.Author(s): Leeds Metropolitan University